Ep 1390 - Mullins boards QF94 to conquer the world
Nick has landed in Melbourne from California, where he is joined by Lee Mottershead on the day between the Cups. Reflecting on the remarkable victory of Ethical Diamond in Del Mar, Willie Mullins joins Nick in the Qantas departure lounge, while your host tracks down the winning owners - Andrew and Michael Heffernan - after they have touched down. At the Call of the Card event, Nick talks to Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison, defending Cup champion Robbie Dolan, Racing.com host Michael Felgate and man of the moment in Australia Stephen Power aka The Racing Blogger.
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Ep 1389 - Racing rocked by tragic death of Tommie Jakes
Nick is joined by Rishi Persad at Del Mar ahead of Breeders' Cup 2025 with all the latest racing news. Guests today include Ron Anderson, latterly agent to Frankie Dettori, plus Dettori's new employer Kia Joorabchian on how his future is likely to look. Plus, Mike Repole, as forthright as ever on the Breeders' Cup Classic, Sam Sangster, Richard Brown and Tim Gredley. Meanwhile, Joseph O'Brien looks ahead to the Melbourne Cup, and Charlotte chats to reigning champion Simone Meloni as the deadline approaches for the Godolphin Thoroughbred Industry Awards.
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Breeders' Cup Special
Ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup from Del Mar Charlotte Greenway recaps on the interviews from the last couple of weeks with connections of runners over the next couple of days. We kick off with the feature race the Breeders’ Cup Classic, which unfortunately does not feature Sovereignty after he was ruled out with the temperature. We do however hear from Michael McCarthy, trainer of Journalism who’ll be hoping to win it for the three-year-olds, whilst Yoshito Yahagi shares his hopes of winning the race with Forever Young and becoming the first Japanese horse to do so. Finally on this, Mike Smith, the winning most Jockey at the BC discusses his mount and along with his four others.
Then moving on, we hear from Christophe Soumillon on all of his rides for Aidan O’Brien as he continues to step in for Ryan Moore whilst Patrick Cooper shares why he believes Amiloc will be suited by the BC Turf. Billy Koch also talks about Gold Phoenix‘s chance in the Turf and finally James Owen previews Wimbledon Hawkeye’s chances before Hugo Palmer looks at his runner in the Juvenile Turf Sprint, Ardisia.
Jockey Umberto Rispoli is along to pick out his best ride of the weekend along with trainer Cherie DeVeaux, who send a select team to Del Mar. Finally, we hear about the chances of two European challenges in the turf sprint, Khaadem and Shes Quality.
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Ep 1388 - Dettori closes another chapter
Nick brings you Thursday's edition once again from Del Mar, home to this year's Breeders' Cup. He reacts to the news that Frankie Dettori has announced his retirement from USA racing, before he sits down at length with Bill Mott, who today was forced to withdraw favourite Sovereignty from the Breeders' Cup Classic. Also on today's show, Umberto Rispoli looks beyond losing the Journalism ride and anticipates a bold showing from Johannes and some of his other remaining mounts. Finally, we hear from Dr Des Leadon on why the proposed EU welfare of animals in transit bill could wreak havoc on the racing industry.
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Ep 1387 - Sovereignty a Classic doubt as star colt spikes fever
Nick is at Del Mar, and reacts to the news that broke on Tuesday morning that Breeders' Cup headliner Sovereignty may miss the race, according to trainer Bill Mott. US broadcaster Michelle Yu was on hand when the announcement was made and gives her perspective. Also today, Nick has a glorious chat with two of the sport's great achievers and survivors, Patrick Biancone and Mike Smith. Smith has five rides this Weekend, including Nevada Beach in the Classic, while Biancone relies on juvenile turf sprint fancy Lennilu. He also explains how All Along was defeated in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Turf. Plus, Cormac Breathnach from Keeneland is along to talk about the pre-BC sale on Wednesday night, and Tattersalls' Jason Singh talks to Charlotte about the mares' sale. Meanwhile, Nick reflects on Dylan Browne McMonagle's first jockeys' championship with the Irish Field's Mark Boylan, catches up with Forever Young's trainer Yoshito Yahagi, and gets the lowdown on Tuesday's treasury select committee questions on gambling with Neil Channing.
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